Ultimate Mets Database - Keith Hernandez

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Keith Hernandez
Inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame, 1997
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 1 of 1233 players

Keith Hernandez
Born: October 20, 1953 at San Francisco, Cal.
Throws: Left Bats: Left
Height: 6.00 Weight: 195

Keith Hernandez has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 355 times, most recently on January 15, 2024.

Non-playing roles with Mets

Broadcaster: Television 2002 - 2024

First Mets game: June 17, 1983
Last Mets game: September 27, 1989

Winner of National League Most Valuable Player award, 1979. (St. Louis Cardinals)
Named First Baseman on the National League Gold Glove team, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988. (New York Mets)
Named First Baseman on the National League Silver Slugger team, 1984. (New York Mets)
Winner of National League Player of the Week award, July 14, 1985, August 10, 1986, May 1, 1988. (New York Mets)
Winner of National League Player of the Month award, July 1985. (New York Mets)

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Keith Hernandez also played for the following teams:

St. Louis Cardinals 1974 - 1983; Cleveland Indians 1990

Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Mets in exchange for Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey on June 15, 1983.

Signed with Cleveland Indians as a free agent on December 7, 1989.

On disabled list:

from June 7, 1988 to June 22, 1988 (torn right hamstring)
from June 24, 1988 to August 5, 1988 (torn right hamstring)
from May 18, 1989 to July 13, 1989 (fracture of the right kneecap)

Established a Mets season record for Walks in 1984 with 97. Tied by Darryl Strawberry in 1987. Broken by John Olerud in 1999 with 125.
Tied Mets season record of 9 Sacrifice Flies in 1984. Record was previously set by Rusty Staub in 1975 and tied by Willie Montanez in 1978 and Joel Youngblood in 1980. Set new record in 1985 with 10.

Click the icon to see a graph of Keith Hernandez's batting, slugging, and on base percentages

Batting Record with New York Mets

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1983 95 320 43 98 8 3 9 37 64 9 42 2 8 4 2 1 139 .306 .434 .424

1984 154 550 83 171 31 0 15 94 97 12 89 1 2 3 0 9 247 .311 .449 .409

1985 158 593 87 183 34 4 10 91 77 15 59 2 3 3 0 10 255 .309 .430 .384

1986 149 551 94 171 34 1 13 83 94 9 69 4 2 1 0 3 246 .310 .446 .413

1987 154 587 87 170 28 2 18 89 81 8 104 4 0 2 0 4 256 .290 .436 .377

1988 95 348 43 96 16 0 11 55 31 3 57 1 2 1 0 4 145 .276 .417 .333

1989 75 215 18 50 8 0 4 19 27 3 39 2 0 3 0 0 70 .233 .326 .324

7 years 880 3164 455 939 159 10 80 468 471 59 459 16 17 17 2 31 1358 .297 .429 .387

League Championship Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1986 6 26 3 7 1 1 0 3 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 10 .269 .385 .345

1988 7 26 2 7 0 0 1 5 6 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 10 .269 .385 .406

2 years 13 52 5 14 1 1 1 8 9 4 13 0 1 0 0 0 20 .269 .385 .377

World Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1986 7 26 1 6 0 0 0 4 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 .231 .231 .344

1 year 7 26 1 6 0 0 0 4 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 .231 .231 .344

All-Star Game Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1984 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

1986 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

1987 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333

3 years 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125

Led National League in walks with 94 in 1986.

Led Mets in games with 158 in 1985 and with 149 in 1986. Tied for Mets lead in games with 154 in 1984.
Led Mets in at bats with 593 in 1985 and with 551 in 1986.
Led Mets in runs with 87 in 1985 and with 94 in 1986.
Led Mets in hits with 171 in 1984, with 183 in 1985, with 171 in 1986 and with 170 in 1987.
Led Mets in singles with 125 in 1984, with 135 in 1985, with 123 in 1986 and with 122 in 1987.
Led Mets in doubles with 31 in 1984, with 34 in 1985 and with 34 in 1986.
Led Mets in batting average with .311 in 1984, with .309 in 1985, with .310 in 1986 and with .290 in 1987.
Led Mets in on base percentage with .409 in 1984, with .384 in 1985 and with .413 in 1986.
Led Mets in on base plus slugging with .858 in 1984.
Led Mets in walks with 64 in 1983, with 97 in 1984, with 77 in 1985 and with 94 in 1986.
Tied for Mets lead in intentional walks with 9 in 1983.
Led Mets in total bases with 247 in 1984 and with 246 in 1986.
Led Mets in sacrifice flies with 9 in 1984 and with 10 in 1985.
Led Mets in grounded into double play with 15 in 1987.

Games where Keith Hernandez had 2 or more Home Runs
At Chicago (NL) 06/10/87. At Atlanta (NL) 04/26/88.

Games where Keith Hernandez had 4 or more Hits
At San Diego (NL) 08/23/83. At Chicago (NL) 04/13/84. vs. Philadelphia (NL) 06/21/84. vs. Pittsburgh (NL) 04/27/85.
At Atlanta (NL) 07/04/85. At Cincinnati (NL) 07/08/85. At Montreal (NL) 08/08/85. At San Diego (NL) 09/02/85.
At Pittsburgh (NL) 09/27/85. At St. Louis (NL) 10/03/85.

Games played by position
1983: First Base 90
1984: First Base 153
1985: First Base 157
1986: First Base 149
1987: First Base 154
1988: First Base 93
1989: First Base 58

Lineup Analysis
Number of games in each batting order position in games in which Keith Hernandez was in the starting lineup.

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

1983 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 0 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 0 2 23 0 12 18 0 0 0
Totals 0 2 804 0 12 18 0 0 0

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Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
1983	0	0	89	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	0	0	152	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	0	0	152	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	0	0	146	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	0	0	151	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	0	0	91	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	0	2	23	0	12	18	0	0	0
Totals	0	2	804	0	12	18	0	0	0